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Barbecue

Pitmaster Texas

Taylor Cafe: Taking in Taxidermy and Legendary Barbecue

“The farmers market would have been fun, but this is why we’re here.” So said my dad, who blocked my suggestion of returning to Austin after completing a single barbecue stop: Snow’s. My brother...
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Pigs

4505 Meats Pork Loin Sandwich

4505 Meats butcher Ryan Farr has become somewhat of a pork celebrity in San Francisco, packing hot dogs with bacon, leading butchery classes and printing posters that tout the benefits of his famous chicharrones,...
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Pitmaster Los Angeles

Bludso’s Pork Ribs [CLOSED]

Affable pitmaster Kevin Bludso learned to smoke meat at his grandmother’s roadside stand in Corsicana, Texas. At Bludso’s in Compton, the former Corrections Officer utilizes four smokers (including Grandma’s) to produce a variation of...
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Ribs Atlanta

Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q Baby Back Ribs

Twin brothers Justin and Jonathan Fox may be from Texas, but they proved at Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, in an emerging neighborhood southeast of downtown, that their skills aren’t limited to brisket. Their baby back...
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Restaurant Sign Atlanta

Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q: Graduating from Backyard with Hickory Help

On the drive east from I-85, we could hear the whirr of an overhead MARTA train. Graffiti filled walls and rubble-strewn parking lots were interspersed with gleaming new mixed-use buildings. In this emerging neighborhood...
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River Texas

Top 5 Texas Hill Country Barbecue Joints

My father attended grad school at the University of Texas in the late ‘60s, long before urban sprawl began encroaching on the surrounding Hill Country. Amazingly, many of the same restaurants that were available...
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